The corpus record

εὐλογ-έω

eulogeo

speak well of, praise

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Where it lives

Odae 38 · 93.48/10k
Tobias (cod. Vat. et Alex.) 22 · 41.88/10k
Daniel (LXX) 39 · 37.12/10k
Genesis 59 · 19.64/10k
Psalmi 52 · 15.21/10k
Deuteronomium 27 · 12.08/10k
Hebrews 6 · 11.95/10k
Aggaeus 1 · 10.99/10k
Psalmi Salomonis 5 · 10.51/10k
Paralipomenon I 13 · 9.78/10k
Regnorum II 13 · 8.04/10k
Epistula Jeremiae 1 · 7.94/10k

Densest 12 of 51 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

εὐλογ-έω · eulog-eō — LSJ

speak well of, praise, deliver a panegyric upon, honour

speak well of, praise, πόλιν A. Ag. 580; πατέρα τὸν ἀμόν S. Ph. 1314, cf. Ar. Eq. 1.c., E. Hec. 1.c., al., Isoc.ll.cc.; deliver a panegyric upon, Arist. Rh.Al. 1426a3: with neut. Adj., εὐ. καὶ δίκαια κἄδικα Ar. Ach. 372, cf. Ec. 454; θεοὶ εὐλογοῦσί τινα honour him, E. Supp. 927:—Pass., ἐπαίνοις εὐλογούμενον πέδον S. OC 720; τὸν ἐν Δωδῶνι δαίμονʼ εὐλογούμενον Id. Fr. 461.

of God or men, LXX Ge. 35.9, al., Act.Ap. 3.26, al.: freq. in pf. part. Pass. εὐλογημένος, as LXX De. 28.3, Ev.Luc. 1.28.

2 bless, praise

bless, praise a god, OGI 73 (Egypt), cf. εὐ. τὴν Εἶσιν (sic) CIG 4705c (ibid.); σου τὰς δυνάμεις Buresch Aus Lydien 113; so in LXX and NT, Jo. 22.23, al., Ep.Jac. 3.9.

3 curse

also, apptly. by a Hebr. euphemism, curse, LXX 3 Ki. 20(21).10, cf. Jb. 2.5.

In the wild

εὐλογεῖν · eulogein Aeschylus, Agamemnon 580
εὐλογήσω · eulogēsō Euripides, Hecuba 1.463 (DIORISIS sentence 239)
εὐλογῶ · eulogō Euripides, Ion 1 (DIORISIS sentence 46)
εὐλογεῖς · eulogeis Euripides, Ion (DIORISIS sentence 1070)
εὐλογείτω · eulogeitō Euripides, Phoenissae (DIORISIS sentence 585)
εὐλογοῦσιν · eulogousin Euripides, Suppliants 925 (DIORISIS sentence 537)

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Where it came from

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